Eclipse Marketing Call Minutes
January 13, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST
Next Call: January 27, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST
Dial 1-866-362-7064 or +1 613-287-8000
Pass code 880932
Attended: Eric
Cloninger (Motorola), John Edward (RIM), Lynn Gayowski (Eclipse), Victoria
Griggs (Collabnet), Tina Kvavle (Instantiations), Elise Rodrigues (Actuate), Ian
Skerrett (Eclipse)
FOUNDATION UPDATES (see below
for information that was given on each event):
1. EclipseCon
2. Eclipse
Community Awards
3. BZ Media Survey
4. Eclipse
Banking Day in London
1. EclipseCon
http://www.eclipsecon.org
March 23-26, 2009
Santa Clara, CA
-The program is now available online at http://www.eclipsecon.org
and the Foundation’s focus has turned to registrations
-The early registrations deadline (25% off the onsite price)
is February 14, plus members get an additional 15% discount
-So far registration is tracking to 2008, so we’re
targeting about 1,300 attendees again
-A press release announcing the gold sponsors and keynotes
will go out next week
-Sponsorship opportunities are still available http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/sponsorship
-Details on media at EclipseCon will go out soon to members
-Submissions for BOFs and posters will open January 19 –
an announcement will go out to the mailing lists
-A Members Meeting will take place the Monday of EclipseCon –
March 23 in the afternoon
-A New Members Jumpstart Meeting will be held March 23 in
the morning
Opportunities: Register for EclipseCon at http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/registration
or sponsor at http://www.eclipsecon.org/2009/sponsorship
2. Eclipse Community Awards
http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/eclipseawards/index.php
-Nominations for individual and product awards have opened
-Individual Awards will be determined by a community vote
-Technology (product) Awards will be determined by a panel
of judges
-There are 6 product awards categories: Best Commercial
Eclipse-Based Developer Tool, Best Open Source Eclipse-Based Developer Tool,
Best Commercial Equinox Application, Best Open Source Equinox Application, Best
Commercial RCP Application, Best Open Source RCP Application
-Shortlisted products will give the judges videos rather
than hands-on demos
-Deadline is January 30
Opportunities: Nominate your product for an Eclipse Award –
see http://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/eclipseawards/index.php
3. BZ Media Survey
-BZ Media has completed it’s 5th Eclipse survey
on SD Times readers
-Ian Skerrett emailed the results to members, which can be
used internally (not publicly)
-If you didn’t receive a copy, email Ian at ian at
eclipse dot org
-Alan Zeichick from BZ Media will also present the results
in a teleconference on Wednesday, January 28 at 8:30am PST / 11:30am
EST / 5:30pm CET
-Call +1-613-287-8000 or 1-866-362-7064
(toll free in North America) with pass code:
880932
Opportunities: Join the call on January 28
4. Eclipse Banking Day in London
http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseBankingDayLondon
February 12, 2009
London, United Kingdom
-Eclipse Banking Day is one of the Foundation’s 2009
industry-focused events
-It’s one day long with 4 different banks presenting
how they use Eclipse along with presentations by Eclipse experts
-The goal is to get banks collaborating on Eclipse
-Banking Day is being sponsored by Actuate, itemis, Sybase
and Weigle Wilczek
-One sponsor slot is left
Opportunities: Sponsor London Banking Day –
email Ian Skerrett at ian at eclipse dot org
Regards,
Lynn Gayowski
Marketing Events Manager
Eclipse Foundation, Inc.